Tolland / Taland / Tolandar
INFORMATION
Font ID: 14681TOL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the B3188, 16 km NW of Taunton
Font Notes:
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Noted in Jeboult (1873): "The font is very ancient, and is lead-lined." Not mentioned in Pevsner (1958). The National Monuments Record [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=270121] [accessed 30 September 2009] notes: "Round font on pedestal."
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: lead-lined
REFERENCES
- Jeboult, Edward, A General Account of West Somerset, description of the Valley of the Tone, and the history of the twon of Taunton, Taunton: Somerset and Bristol Steam-press, 1873, p. 93 / [http://books.google.ca/books?id=h-kGAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA100&lpg=RA1-PA100&dq=west+hatch+church+font&source=bl&ots=8DPeBrOd_W&sig=MBiQ5MYBqifsAD89-vQ_wGSHaKA&hl=en&ei=woMRSv6yH4jOMqKBnbMG&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#PPP7,M1] [accessed 18 May 2009]